Musician Lil Nas He says it helped him deal with the backlash.
The artist dressed up as the Biblical Noah and played basketball with Satan. Music videoIn it, he dressed up as Jesus Christ and danced with male cheerleaders. The visuals also included celebrity lookalikes of Kanye West, Oprah Winfrey and President Obama ascending to heaven.
Lil Nas X said variety Despite the song's poor reception, he said he was “proud” of the song and video.
“Everyone expected me to be upset or something. But I'm a very spiritual person. I'm grateful to be on the charts and even be talked about. .And I'm making new music, and it's really long. So I'm grateful. ”
The singer made the remarks at the premiere of a new HBO documentary about him, and reportedly praised his family for accepting his homosexuality, including taking his father to gay bars.
“I never thought about doing gay things with my dad. But he insisted. I was like, 'No, I want to go with you guys!'” So, yeah, that's it. was the best night ever,” Lil Nas X said.
Variety also reported that the artist's younger brother, Tramon Hall, was revealed to be bisexual in the film.
After releasing his latest video, Lil Nas X was criticized by Christians for reintroducing satanic imagery into his musical performances.a previous video It showed an artist falling from heaven to hell in order to give Satan a lap dance.
Christian rapper Bryson Gray Response from Lil Nas Xalso as a rapper kid cudi When he released his own song called “Gay Demon” targeting rappers promoting anti-Christian themes.
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“If he was serious, he would apologize for what he did in the past, just like everyone else,” Gray said. fox news. “You apologize for that. You acknowledge it. And he, he caused such harm to children in public. So go out and say, 'I apologize.' ” Gray added.
However, Lil Nas X reiterated to Variety that he is a “very spiritual young man.”
“I believe that as long as I do my part, things will work out. I've never worked so hard on an album, nor have I worked so hard internally to make things right. I'm thrilled with the results. ” he added.
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